Uwah! Not posted in a long time, whipped up something short, hope it's alright!
Rated T for swearing.
like most incidents - humiliation and heartbeats
Gray knew, disregarding the small incident where he bathed with Erza, that he had no experience with women.
So when he confronted Juvia about her stalking, he looked like an utter tool, and Juvia was left embarrassed and frankly, humiliated.
Gray thought she was cute when flustered, though.
It started like most others, Juvia cramming herself behind a small pillar, eagerly peering behind to take small glances of the ice mage, unaware of his knowingness.
"Juvia, please." He sighs, bothered by her attention. He's stood still, drink in hand. He motions her to come out from hiding and she swiftly obliges. "I don't mean to be rude, but honestly can you lay back on the stalking? I mean, you're pretty damn creepy."
Almost instantaneously, he goes sort of tense. And then realises he's a fucking arsehole and has absolutely zero respect for women when it comes to love. Especially women who have strange obsessive stalking abilities.
Gajeel casually agrees he's an arse, snickering at him. Natsu laughs at his idiocy, and even Cana joins in. Levy, too, ludicrously pauses and mentally face palms at Gray's sheer and gross choice of words.
She just kind of tries to laugh it off, and when that fails, she runs out - obviously highly embarrassed. He notices small tears scrape her eyelashes, and he can't help but take back what he said.
Several menacing and intensely scary glares from Erza and Mirajane burn their way into him, and in somewhat way, he knows he's going to die.
So after certain mental realisations of what a downright douche he was, because really - sometimes he was Natsu dense level. He felt awful. And he had to fix this.
No doubt.
So he sets off, brushing past the stares and glares of his fellow nakama, currently unaware of where he was going, what he was aiming to do, and why he was suddenly showing a delightful interest in Juvia.
He begs to differ, because she's cute when she's flustered.
And all the time. Naturally.
He briskly walks his way though street corners, only to find her sulking under the nearby tree. She's awkwardly pulling out grass from the ground in most likely a fit of rage, and slight despair.
He sighs, it was now or never. Because if it wasn't now, Erza would kill him later. So he dashes over, hands shoved in pockets, pouting cautiously.
"Er, Juvia - about what happened earlier, I'm reall-"
"-Gray-sama!" She squeals, throwing dead grass around, unexpectedly surprised by his presence.
He rubs the back of his head. "Look, I'm sorry about earlier, I really didn't mean to offend you."
She fiddles with the hem of her dress, shifting nervously. "Does Gray-sama really mean that?"
He goes sort of rigid again. "Yeah. Look I'm real-"
"-Then Juvia accepts Gray-sama's apology."
He nods and her eyes sadden. He turns to walk away, before mustering a gulp. "Meet me at the Guild at 8pm, I'll fix us up a few drinks."
Hearts appear in her eyes, and she can't hold back a squeal. "Gray-sama! Juvia would love that, Juvia will definitely be there!"
He pauses. Stood, back faced to her. "Drop the sama already, the name's Gray." And he smiles, walking away.
And like most incidents, she faints.